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Pidgin Site Wireframes

Blend Interactive has generated a set of wireframes for the new site. Please have a look and make some comments here to help guide us in the right direction.

The purpose of the wireframe stage is to consider the structure and content of the site without any consideration for design; once we've reached some rough consensus on the contents, we can get the designers involved in creating the actual look and feel. At this point we're focusing on where to put things, and why to put them there.

I've broken the wireframe document up into sections below, but here's the whole document if that's easier to read.

User Groups

User Analysis

Questions

  • Do these groups accurately represent the expected audience of the site?
  • Is there anything that should be added to this list?
  • Other questions/comments?

Site Map

Proposed Site Map

Questions

  • Anything else that should be added to the site map?
  • Other questions/comments?

Home Page

Home Page Wireframe and Notes

Questions

  • What's the best way to describe Pidgin in the shortest amount of text? We want to tell people what Pidgin is in a compelling way in as few words as possible. (Users will often gloss over long descriptions).
  • Any good taglines for Pidgin?
  • Other questions/comments?

Download Section

Download Section Wireframe and Notes

Questions

  • What types of packages and binaries will be provided for Pidgin?
  • Will there be repositories for systems like yum and apt?
  • Are there volunteers available to maintain installation instructions for their favorite distros?
  • Other questions/comments?

About Section

About Section Wireframe and Notes

Questions

  • What are the features of Pidgin that should be highlighted to prospective users?
  • Should the official organization (IMF) that's now behind Pidgin be explained?
  • Where and how can we explain that Pidgin was formerly Gaim, and the reasons for the change?
  • Other questions/comments?

Support Landing Page

Support Wireframe and Notes

Questions

  • What are all of the support resources that are available to users having problems?
  • What else should be added to the Support section?
  • Other questions/comments?

Bug Report

Bug Report Wireframe and Notes

Questions

  • Does this seem like a good method to handle bug reports?
  • Any other resources that should be searched for solutions?
  • Other questions/comments?

Contribute Section

Contribute Section Wireframe and Notes

Questions

  • Are there any other ways to contribute that should be highlighted?
  • Other questions/comments?

News Section

News Section Wireframe and Notes

Questions

  • Should the 'official' news remain separate from the blogs?
  • Should we attach author names to official posts?
  • Other questions/comments?
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